Chester in Hancock County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)

Veterans Memorial Park

Photographed by Craig Doda, March 29, 2025

1. Veterans Memorial Park Plaque

Inscription. Veterans Memorial Park

Erected by Chester VFW Post 6450.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 40° 36.744′ N, 80° 33.848′ W. Memorial is in Chester, West Virginia, in Hancock County. It is at the intersection of Carolina Avenue and 4th Street, on the right when traveling west on Carolina Avenue. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 402 Carolina Ave, Chester WV 26034, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Northern Panhandle.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Ohio River Valley,

and in Appalachia.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Collins Memorial Drive (within shouting distance of this marker); Chester World War I & World War II Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance

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of this marker); Chester Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (within shouting distance of this marker); Post 6450 - Change of Name (within shouting distance of this marker); Sayre W. Graham (approx. ¼ mile away); Rock Spring Park (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chester.

Veterans Memorial Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, March 29, 2025

2. Veterans Memorial Park

Display at Veterans Memorial Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, March 29, 2025

3. Display at Veterans Memorial Park

Veterans Memorial Park Display image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, March 29, 2025

4. Veterans Memorial Park Display

Photographed by Craig Doda, March 29, 2025

5. Veterans Memorial Park Display

Veterans Memorial Park Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, March 29, 2025

6. Veterans Memorial Park Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on April 24, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 1, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 131 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on April 1, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. 6. submitted on April 16, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.